The names
behind the banners.

The coaches

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  Warriors

  Jim Barley

  1965–1978

  Hall of Fame 2005Coached here

  193–99 at Scottsburg

  College Indiana, 1953–56

  • Marion High School's first 1,000-point scorer, then three varsity years at Indiana University under Branch McCracken, on the 1954 Big Ten champions.
  • 13 seasons at Scottsburg: three Mid-Southern Conference titles, three sectionals and the 1969 and 1978 regionals.
  • 1968–69: 25–1, averaging 90 points a game. Unbeaten until a 75–71 semi-state loss to Vincennes.
  • Never had a player taller than 6′4″.
  • The Warriors' longest run on this floor: 20 straight home wins, 1967–70.
  • Back for one night in April 1989 to coach Scottsburg's all-stars past the Big Ten All-Stars, 116–105.
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  Warriorettes

  Donna Cheatham

  1972–1994 · 2009–2020

  Hall of Fame 2003Coached here

  532–182 at Scottsburg

  • In the early 1970s she helped start girls' sports at Scottsburg, and coached the basketball team.
  • 1989 state champions: 26–1, and 74–72 in overtime over Benton Central at Market Square Arena, before a record 16,567. State finals in 1986 and 1988 too.
  • At Scottsburg: 14 sectionals, 9 regionals and 17 Mid-Southern Conference titles.
  • Retired in 2020 as Indiana girls' basketball's all-time wins leader, with 730, and the first to win state at two schools (Southwestern, 2002).
  • The Warriorettes' longest run on this floor: 28 straight home wins, 1987–89. The floor is Donna Cheatham Court, and the Cheatham Classic is named for her.

The players

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  Warriors

  Woody Weir

  Class of 1930

  Hall of Fame 1975Before the gym

  College Indiana, 1931–34

  • Scottsburg's first Hoosier: three varsity seasons at Indiana under Everett Dean.
  • Captain of the 1933–34 team, all-conference, and the Balfour Award in 1933 and 1934.
  • Coached Jasper, then Marion, where one of his players was a boy named Jim Barley.
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  Warriors

  Bill Ritter

  Class of 1946

  Hall of Fame 1999Before the gym

  College Purdue

  • Served in the Marine Corps after Scottsburg, then played at Purdue.
  • Taught and coached for 37 years in Indianapolis's public schools, then finished as an assistant at IUPUI.
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  Warriors

  Hub Hougland

  Class of 1955

  Hall of Fame 2006Before the gym

  1,323 career points

  College Vanderbilt, 1956–58

  • Scored 1,323 points for Charley Meyer's Warriors, in the gym before this one.
  • Two varsity seasons at Vanderbilt in the SEC: 11.5 points a game in 1957–58, second on the team.
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  Warriors

  Vern Altemeyer

  Class of 1956

  Hall of Fame 1985Before the gym

  College Transylvania, then Illinois, 1958–60

  • The star of the 1955–56 Warriors, who beat Muncie Central in the semistate the spring before this gym opened.
  • 47 points against Austin in 1956, then Scottsburg's single-game record, and a 1956 Indiana All-Star with Oscar Robertson.
  • A year at Transylvania under C. M. Newton, then two seasons as Illinois's 6-foot-8 center in the Big Ten.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 1981.
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  Warriors

  Bill James

  Class of 1969

  Hall of Fame 2009Played here

  1,890 career points, the school record

  College Marshall, 1971–73

  • 69 points and 25 rebounds against West Washington on Nov. 30, 1968: still the most anyone has scored for Scottsburg in this gym.
  • 36.1 points a game as a senior, second in Indiana. A high school All-American and a 1969 Indiana All-Star.
  • Tyler Junior College, then Marshall: the 1972 NCAA Tournament team, and 15.2 points a game for the 1973 NIT team.
  • In 1973 Marshall's football coach, still rebuilding after the 1970 plane crash, asked him to play receiver. He had never played organized football, and he caught nine passes. The 2006 film We Are Marshall has him as a character, played by Mark Patton.
  • One game for the ABA's Kentucky Colonels, then home to coach the Warriors (1978–82 and 1985–87). His first team won the 1979 sectional and regional.
  • Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame, 2017.
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  Warriorettes

  Pam Jones

  Class of 1976

  Played here

  1,095 career points

  College Louisville, 1976–79

  • A 1976 Indiana All-Star: 17.4 points and 9.4 rebounds a game for the Warriorettes.
  • Lettered three seasons at Louisville, in the years before the NCAA ran women's basketball.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2001.
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  Warriorettes

  Cindy Piet

  Class of 1977

  Hall of Fame 2004Played here

  1,135 career points

  College Louisville, 1977–79

  • A 1977 Indiana All-Star, with 376 steals for the Warriorettes.
  • Lettered two seasons at Louisville, a teammate there of Pam Jones.
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  Warriorettes

  Melinda Sparkman

  Class of 1979

  Hall of Fame 2010Played here

  859 career rebounds, the school record

  College Indiana, 1979–83

  • Four years on the Warriorettes' varsity for Donna Cheatham: 1,131 points, and the 1978–79 team that reached the Elite Eight.
  • Her rebounding records still stand: 859 in a career, 302 in a season, 29 in a game.
  • Four seasons at Indiana, co-captain as a junior, and a senior on the 1982–83 Big Ten champions, who reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
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  Warriorettes

  Roxanne Cox

  Class of 1983

  Played here

  1,529 points at Bellarmine, first there when she graduated

  College Bellarmine, 1983–87

  • A 1983 Indiana All-Star: 1,369 points for the Warriorettes, with a high game of 48.
  • Bellarmine's first female All-American. Her 1986 team reached the NCAA Elite Eight.
  • Back in this gym in June 1988, with 14 points for the Scott County women against the Indiana All-Stars.
  • Bellarmine Athletics Hall of Fame, 2000. Silver Anniversary Team, 2008.
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  Warriorettes

  Sheryl Bonsett

  Class of 1985

  Hall of Fame 2019Played here

  435 assists at Eastern Illinois, second there when she graduated

  College Eastern Illinois, 1985–89

  • A 1985 Indiana All-Star: 1,011 points and 361 assists, and the 1983 regional champions.
  • Started 96 games at Eastern Illinois, and played in the 1988 NCAA tournament.
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  Warriorettes

  Leslie Ferrell

  Class of 1986

  Played here

  283 career blocks, the school record

  College Illinois State

  • A 1986 Indiana All-Star, and a senior on the team that reached the state final.
  • Went on to Illinois State. Silver Anniversary Team, 2011.
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  Warriorettes

  Cara Gullion

  Class of 1988

  Hall of Fame 2018Played here

  1,460 career points, first on the list when she graduated

  College Louisiana Tech, 1988–92

  • A 1988 Indiana All-Star: a sophomore on the 1986 state runner-up, and a senior on a 27–1 team.
  • Four seasons at Louisiana Tech for Leon Barmore: four NCAA tournaments, and the Final Four in 1989 and 1990.
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  Warriorettes

  Renee Westmoreland

  Class of 1989

  Hall of Fame 2017Played here

  1,816 career points, the school record

  College Western Kentucky, 1989–93

  • Scottsburg's first and only Miss Basketball, 1989.
  • 49 points against Columbus East on Jan. 16, 1989, the most anyone has scored for the Warriorettes in this gym.
  • 30 points in the 1989 state final, 74–72 in overtime over Benton Central. It's still the highest-scoring single-class title game.
  • Four varsity seasons under Donna Cheatham, 97–8: a state final, a Final Four, then the title. School records for career points and steals.
  • Western Kentucky: 1,258 points, and the 1992 team that played Stanford for the national championship.
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  Warriorettes

  Carla Westmoreland

  Class of 1990

  Played here

  College Ball State, 1990–94

  • Renee's sister, and a guard on the 1989 state champions.
  • Four seasons at Ball State in the Mid-American Conference.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2015.
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  Warriorettes

  Christy Robison

  Class of 1991

  Played here

  College Southeastern Illinois College, two years

  • A sophomore on the 1989 state champions, with 32 points in the State Finals games.
  • Twice first-team all-state for Hoosier Basketball Magazine.
  • Two seasons at Southeastern Illinois College, a junior college, and its conference's freshman of the year.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2016.
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  Warriorettes

  Carrie Thompson

  Class of 1991

  Played here

  College Austin Peay, 1991–96

  • A sophomore guard on the 1989 state champions.
  • A four-year starter at Austin Peay: 1,118 points, and the school's first NCAA tournament, in 1996.
  • Austin Peay's head coach from 2006 to 2015, as Carrie Daniels. Since 2020–21 she has coached the Warriorettes.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2016.
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  Warriorettes

  Patty Hutchinson

  Class of 1994

  Played here

  1,533 career points

  College Ball State, 1994–98

  • First-team all-state in 1994, when she averaged 22 points a game.
  • 1,029 points at Ball State, 13.4 a game as a senior.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2019.
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  Warriors

  B.J. Watts

  Class of 1996

  Played here

  1,294 career points

  College Southern Indiana, 1996–99

  • First-team all-state as a senior: 18.5 points and 8.9 rebounds a game.
  • Played 61 games at Southern Indiana, in NCAA Division II.
  • Silver Anniversary Team, 2021.
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  Warriors

  James Colwell

  Class of 1998

  Played here

  1,445 career points, second on the list when he graduated

  College Gardner-Webb, 1998–2002

  • 21.8 points a game as a senior, conference and sectional MVP, and the school records for three-pointers (230) and free-throw shooting (.944).
  • Signed with Gardner-Webb, then an NAIA school in North Carolina, in 1998, and was still its guard in 2001–02, scoring 12.4 a game.